Top Ten Most Powerful Characters In Middle Earth

The Top Ten

Commanded millions won battles and nearly conquered the world and was the origin of evil and malice which led to the strife and torment of many

He is Sairons master, and pure evil.

Hé dans the first dark lord and master to Sauron.

The original dark lord. Sauron infused his malice into the ring... But Middle earth itself was Morgoth’s RING!He was also the master of the untameable Balrogs.

3Lady Galadriel

OP banished sauron,learned from manwe, good equivalent of melkor

4SauronSauron is the title character and main antagonist of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Originally a servant of the first Dark Lord, Morgoth. Morgoth was later defeated and Sauron fled. He later came back to Middle Earth and took over as the new Dark Lord by using a Ring of Power. He was later ...read more.

He was THE dark lord... Face it

5Tom Bombadil

None of the characters can use the One Ring without it affecting them. The only one who is more powerful is Tom Bombadil the ring has no effect on him. He is older and more powerful than it.

I agree with you, Tom Bombadil has a lot of power, but never uses it in helpful ways unless to himself.

7GandalfGandalf the Grey, later known as Gandalf the White, is a fictional character and one of the protagonists in J. R. R. Tolkien's novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. He was an Istar, sent by the West in the Third Age to combat the threat of Sauron, as well as leader of the Fellowship of the Ring ...read more.

In his true form

He knew most things about the sauron and what happened before the lord of the rings / hobbit - mneilan

8Aragon

KILLED LIKE A JILLON ORCS

9Ancalagon the Black

Largest character in middle earth. Nearly destroyed all of northern middle earth when he landed on (and crushed) a volcanic mountain chain.

He's a bloody big dragon

This is the most powerful being

10LegolasLegolas is a character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. He is a Sindarin Elf of the Woodland Realm and one of nine members of the Fellowship of the Ring. He has been portrayed by Orlando Bloom in the live action movies.

The Newcomers

?Samwise GamgeeSamwise Gamgee, known as Sam, was a Hobbit of the Shire. He was Frodo Baggins' gardener and best friend. Sam proved himself to be Frodo's closest and most dependable companion, the most loyal of the Fellowship of the Ring, and also played a necessary role in protecting Frodo and destroying the One Ring. ...read more.

?GollumGollum is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. He was introduced in the 1937 children's fantasy novel The Hobbit, and became an important supporting character in its sequel, The Lord of the Rings.

The Contenders

11Gandalf The White

12GaladrielGaladriel is a character created by J.R.R. Tolkien, appearing in his Middle-earth legendarium. She was one of the greatest of the Eldar in Middle-earth, and surpassed nearly all others in beauty, knowledge, and power. She was also the bearer of Nenya, one of the three Elven rings of power. In film, ...read more.

13Elrond

14The Witch King, King of the Nazguls

He is lord of nazgul and very strong

15The Balrog

16SmaugSmaug is a fictional character and the primary antagonist in J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit.

Takes over powerful dwarven MONTAIN like it’s nithing and then easily destroys laketown? should be a little bit higher

17Saruman of Many ColoursSaruman the White is a fictional character and a major antagonist in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings.

18Lurtz

19Talion (Middle Earth - Shadow of Mordor)

Because why not even if its not cannon. His story shiws he striked so much fear in Sauron that even after he became lart of the Nâzgul, sumbitch still watched him 😂

20Frodo BagginsFrodo Baggins is a fictional character and is the main protagonist of J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings. He was a Hobbit of the Shire during the Third Age. He was also a Ring-bearer, a best friend to Samwise Gamgee, and one of the three Hobbits who sailed from Middle-earth to the Uttermost ...read more.

21Gimli

22Gothmog

23Fingolfin

24Eowyn

She make good stew

25Thorin Oakenshield

Thorin is also the best

26Azog

27Glaurung

28Bilbo BagginsBilbo Baggins is the title character and protagonist of J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit, as well as a supporting character in The Lord of the Rings. He was the first Hobbit to become famous in the world at large, and was one of the few to visit the The Undying Lands across the ocean. In film, ...read more.

29Rosie Cotton

A powerful enchantress.

30Arwen

As we see in the movies Arwen was the most powerful elf. She revived Aragorn through a dream! Female elves #riseupI don't rely the books. They portray Arwen as a weak maiden who sat at home and cried. The internet loves Arwen the warrior.